he's unwilling to negotiate on the debt ceiling. that's what he's been saying consistently for a year and a half now. he said, look, i'm not kidding. they have been negotiating because they've been saying, well, let's put it in this package, let's leave it out of this package. i think that if he could have gotten it in this deal, he would have taken it and got that fight off. after this deal is struck, the president comes out in january and says to the markets and to the world and to the house republicans, i'm not negotiating over the debt ceiling. the united states is going to pay our debts. you ran up these debts, i ran up these debts, we all ran up these debts. we're going to pay them. we're not going to default on the debt. the constitution requires me to pay our debts. so you can do whatever shenanigans you want with not raising the debt ceiling, but buyers will get paid. auctions will be held. that's the only thing i can see changing the calculous. politically speaking, there is not a base of support for these constant dramas.